No Joy! Forced to bail out at -18*

[hangnout]

This Neoprene cord from Grainger claims to go to -40*

[binfordw]

This Neoprene cord from Grainger claims to go to -40*

Not likely a good substitute for shock cord. Wouldn't hurt to buy and try of course.

[mountain_man_mike]

An overnight excursion to my backyard hanging locale ended prematurely last evening. While my topside stayed relatively toasty under 2 stacked Hammock Gear 20* Burrows, the combination of 20* Incubator, 0* incubator and UQP was not enough to get me to dawn (-20* per local weather resources). At just past 4:00 and a temp reading of -17* my backside started to feel the sting/burn of the cold. I attempted a bit of repositioning and quilt adjustments but got not relief. Wind was not a factor due to snow walls I built with yesterday's snowfall. At 4:30 the temperature drop to -18* forced me, for the first time since my sleeping pad nights, to abandon the hammock for warmth of the house.

I have had issues keeping the stacked underquilts aligned. On my next attempt at this temp range I may try to connect the quilts together rather than just hanging the 0* below the 20*. I also have a 40* Incubator. I had not conceived that I'd ever need to stack 3 underquilts but, I may give that a try tonight.

One more night expected in this cold spell but, not projected to get as low as last night. My goal this winter is to achieve a comfortable sub -20* night with my existing gear.

Open to suggestions.

I'll keep you posted

I blame it on Shug.

If that feller wasn't such a cool cat up there it would never have got to -20

[jellyfish]

I'm very impressed. I'm sure you'll figure this out.

[OCDave]

... connect via a prusik knot to your ridge line....

I almost never use a ridge line. I carry one in the event I am unable to find two trees appropriately spaced or I need to use my Buginator. Can't really verbalize I but, I find a SRL a bit of an irritant.